Welcome to Possibility Place Nursery. We’ve specialized in growing plants native to Northern Illinois since 1983. When Connor Shaw founded PPN, he & his family never imagined their love of native plants would be shared & embraced by the community like it has. This is our story.

Did you know there are “881 species of native trees in the 48 contiguous U.S. states — including 85 different types of oak alone”? Thanks to the amazing researchers at The Morton Arboretum we now have an inventory of every native tree in the contiguous 48 states.

It's great to see this in print:

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Happy Holidays everyone! The office will be closed until January 2nd. Stay safe if you head outside, we’ll see you in the new year!

Happy New Year! 🎊 What was your first bird of 2023?!

Are you committed to going green in 2023? ♻️ 🌎 Tag iSEE at U of I in a picture of you participating in this sustainable #NewYearResolution challenge for a chance to be featured on the #iSEE Insta story! 📸 instagram.com/sustainillinoi… Check out our suggestions in this thread! ⬇️